Steven Erlanger

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Steven Erlanger

In a short film and in conversation, the German filmmaker ponders the meaning of freedom, the complacency of peace and the new insecurity from Russia's war and Donald Trump. Credit... Mustafah Abdulaziz for The New York Times Wim Wenders, the renowned German film director, is nearly 80 years old, as old as the peace in Europe that followed the capitulation of the Nazi regime.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Steven Erlanger

3 hours agoMark Hamill Strikes Back At Trump With A Burn That Can Be Felt Across The GalaxyThe “Star Wars” actor mocked the White House over a bonkers May the 4th post. Screen icon Mark Hamill hit Donald Trump for a “Star Wars” Day post in which the president fully embraced the dark side. The “May the 4th” message posted by the White House on X shows an extremely buff Trump wielding a red …7 hours agoShe Was Ready to Board Her Flight with Her Best Friend.

2 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Steven Erlanger

BERLIN — European allies of the United States have been trying to convince President Donald Trump of the virtues of a shared approach toward ending the war in Ukraine, to enhance leverage on both Russia and Ukraine and to preserve European security. But Trump and Vice President JD Vance insisted Wednesday that a set of proposals that their administration presented to the Europeans and Ukraine last week was now a kind of ultimatum, with the United States increasingly prepared to walk away.

2 weeks ago | thenewstribune.com | Steven Erlanger

A residential building severely damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, is shown on Thursday. European allies of the United States have been trying to convince President Donald Trump of the virtues of a shared approach toward ending the war in Ukraine, to enhance leverage on both Moscow and Kyiv and to preserve European security.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Steven Erlanger

Europeans see Ukraine's security as vital to their own and want to defend the principle of no border changes by force, even if President Trump does not. European allies of the United States have been trying to convince President Trump of the virtues of a shared approach toward ending the war in Ukraine, to enhance leverage on both Moscow and Kyiv and to preserve European security.